PA32-260

The Cherokee 6-260 has a shorter book takeoff roll than the -300. Any
suggestions as to why? The gross weight is the same. Props slightly
different.

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Greg Esres wrote:
The Cherokee 6-260 has a shorter book takeoff roll than the -300. Any
suggestions as to why? The gross weight is the same. Props slightly
different.

Better test pilot that day?

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Seems unlikely. What are you using for a data source?

Mike
MU-2


"Greg Esres" wrote in message
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The Cherokee 6-260 has a shorter book takeoff roll than the -300. Any
suggestions as to why? The gross weight is the same. Props slightly
different.

Better test pilot that day?

That occurred to me as well. ;-)

Seems unlikely. What are you using for a data source?

Nothing authoritative. I don't have the POH's. But a pilot of my
acquaintance first asserted the difference to me. He claims to have
researched the issue thoroughly before he bought his -260. He claims
that bush pilots prefer the -260 for that reason.

The only supporting evidence I have found is a web site that had
performance specs on the a/c and it validated what he said.

I agree that it seems unlikely, but I'd prefer to be able to show the
guy some data. Every now and then, something unlikely turns out to be
true. ;-)

Greg Esres wrote:

The Cherokee 6-260 has a shorter book takeoff roll than the -300.

According to _The Illustrated Buyer's Guide to Used Airplanes_, by Bill Clarke,
the takeoff roll for the 300 is 110' *shorter* than that of the 260. Since that's
what one would expect, I tend to believe him.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

There seem to be a scattering of web sites that supply the same data.
I suspect they're using one common data source. However, I found one
web site that showed the -260 as a worse performer, as you would
expect. I'm going to see if I can acquire a -300 POH so I can compare
with my acquaintance's -260. Maybe whoever created the original
database used for the internet info got it wrong.

Since that's what one would expect, I tend to believe him.

So do I. Thanks for that.

My really old copy of the Aircraft Bluebook Price Digest shows the following T/O ground runs:
PA28-300 '73 and later 900'
PA28-300 '72 and earlier 1050'
PA28-260 '74-'78 1200'
PA28-260 '73 and earlier 740'

All four show a gross weight of 3400 lbs.
Max T, MCFI

Greg Esres wrote in message ...
The Cherokee 6-260 has a shorter book takeoff roll than the -300. Any
suggestions as to why? The gross weight is the same. Props slightly
different.

"Max T, CFI" wrote in
news:Fl1Sb.138398$nt4.616428@attbi_s51:

My really old copy of the Aircraft Bluebook Price Digest shows the
following T/O ground runs:
PA28-300 '73 and later 900'
PA28-300 '72 and earlier 1050'
PA28-260 '74-'78 1200'
PA28-260 '73 and earlier 740'

PA-28? ... did you mean PA-32?

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Silicon Rallye Inc.

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